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Application of Nanoadsorbents for Lead Decontamination in Water

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Lead Toxicity Mitigation: Sustainable Nexus Approaches

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Clean water availability is a primary requisite of all living organisms. The rapid rise in population has led to significant development and industrial growth all over the globe to fulfil the increasing demands. This has resulted in the contamination of water bodies due to the release of heavy metals and metalloids caused by sudden mine tailings, gasoline, leaded paints, usage of fertilizers inland, animal manures, pesticides, sewage sludge, wastewater irrigation, coal, etc. The contamination of water bodies has caused severe environmental concerns. As a limited natural resource, the water preservation and its quality maintenance are of fundamental importance to ensure its availability for future generations. Therefore, eliminating heavy metals and other pollutants from contaminated streams is a primary concern due to their ability to cause toxic chaos that can affect the metabolism of flora and fauna. However, the existing decontamination techniques, such as ion exchange and reverse osmosis, suffer many disadvantages; hence, the focus has been shifted to develo** novel, efficient techniques to remove heavy metals such as lead from the water. Out of these, the adsorption based on nanoadsorbents has gained popularity due to its ease of operation and cost-effectiveness. This chapter highlights the recent advances in water decontamination methods using nanoadsorbents involving carbon nanotubes, graphene, polymer-based, metal oxide nanoparticles, zeolites, and nano-clays.

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The author is thankful to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, for the support during the work.

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Dhingra, N. (2024). Application of Nanoadsorbents for Lead Decontamination in Water. In: Kumar, N., Jha, A.K. (eds) Lead Toxicity Mitigation: Sustainable Nexus Approaches. Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46146-0_8

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